A continuing series spotlighting new films that expand the possibilities of the medium and provide a vision for its future.

An ongoing series presenting rare films from the ICA Archive, screening on original 35mm and 16mm prints.

A Danish priest journeys into the unknown in Hlynur Pálmason’s meditative drama set in the forbidding landscape in 19th century Iceland.

Two sisters return to their family home on the Isle of Wight in Jon Sanders’ intimate drama on grief and sisterly bonds.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, A.V. Rockwell’s debut follows an unapologetic mother in the rapidly gentrifying New York City of the 1990s.

Albert Serra’s latest work is a hypnotic, dark film centering on a government official in Tahiti who embodies the greed, hypocrisy and paranoia of colonial power.

Lola Quivoron’s rites-of-passage debut follows a young tearaway with a passion for motorbikes who is drawn into a local bike gang’s skeezy dealings.

Sundance’s opening documentary tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll through its originator and most influential pioneer.

Mira Erdevički follows the lives of three Roma in her compelling and nuanced documentary, which raises the question of identity in post-Brexit Britain.

Emmanuelle Nicot’s poignant debut feature navigates the ramifications of childhood sexual abuse through the story of Dalva, who at 12 dresses, wears make-up and lives like a woman.

A landmark for black and queer British film, Isaac Julien’s iconic, beautifully crafted 1991 period piece gets a rerelease in a brand new restoration.

In this London-set drama, the Baptiste family are caught in intergenerational debates reflecting Black viewpoints on life in Britain.

A survey of works selected by French visual artist and filmmaker to celebrate the release of Make, Do, With on the work of Éric Baudelaire.

A woman visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption in Davy Chou’s acclaimed drama on self-discovery.

Lofty Nathan highlights the voice of a generation through the story of Ali, a young Tunisian dreaming of a better life among the injustices he faces every day.

A reformed smuggler tries to raise his son well despite his own shady past in this noir-inflected drama set on the Ukrainian border.

In one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, a couple’s equilibrium is disturbed with the arrival of a younger apprentice.

Set on a construction site on the banks of the Nile, this political fable follows Maher, a brickmaker working on a mysterious mud sculpture against the backdrop of the 2019 coup in Sudan.

Set on a construction site on the banks of the Nile, this political fable follows Maher, a brickmaker working on a mysterious mud sculpture against the backdrop of the 2019 coup in Sudan.

A sweeping adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s novel which charts the lifelong friendship of two boys in a secluded Alpine village.

Director Nina Menkes compels the casual moviegoer and cinephile alike with a mesmerising visual journey through cinema’s sexist bloodstream.

Following the stories of the stones, rocks and peaks of a vast mountain landscape, this is a minimalist black and white cinematic odyssey.

A stirring treatment of the Paris Commune through the passions and political awakening of a young music hall actress.

The first retrospective dedicated to the multifaceted, international career of American filmmaker and cinematographer Skip Norman.

A portrait of the life and work of the pioneering ‘Godfather of Video Art’.

A man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.

Over the course of one day women and men, young and old, work in a fig orchard under the watchful eye of the foreman.

Paul Schrader’s latest follows a meticulous horticulturist who seems to be hiding a troubled past.

David Lynch’s nightmarish vision of an actress losing her grip on reality is as striking as ever in this director-approved restoration.

A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, David Lynch’s seventh feature film is one of the filmmaker’s most potent cinematic dreamscapes.

David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature remains both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty.